Effective teaching is based on a sound educational philosophy, the use of good teaching methods, an adequate curriculum based on the needs of students and supported by appropriate and properly used instructional materials, and adequate facilities for implementing the other components. (LRA)

Presented is an overview of the steps in the development of a competency-based curriculum and examples which apply the concepts to a physical therapy educational program. (JH)

College-level "grade inflation" may result not from flabby standards but from more effective instructional strategies such as mastery learning. (Author/JM)

Posits that professionals working in school and public libraries should extend their competencies to meet the needs of young children. Findings of a research and demonstration project sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education are used to support the hypothesis. (FM)

Three-fourths of the states have mandated some form of testing. Problems are discussed and practical recommendations about implementation are offered. (Author/MLF)

Outlines five steps that will aid vocational agriculture teachers to implement a competency-based education curriculum. (LRA)

The minimum competency testing issue raises basic questions--who controls public education and what should be taught? (Author)

Suggestions are made for using an understanding of child development to ensure fair and constructive competency testing in the first years of school. (JD)

The Instructional Design and Development Program at Florida State University is described and offered as a role model for other institutions. (Author)

Describes the status of career counseling in the Australian educational system and discusses developments that led to the implementation of the competency-based approach to career educators' education. (JOW)

Describes partner institutes as nonprofit organizations that provide training to member organizations in an industry. Presents a competency-based needs assessment model for assessing training and development needs of the industry, incorporating a variety of data-gathering techniques, eliminating redundancy, and forestalling role conflict. (SK)

Competency-based training (CBT) policy has contributed to the decline of unions in Britain through focus on individual performance, employer-defined nature of standards, narrow scope, and the centrality of flexibility and transferability. CBT has been supported for its ostensibly rational, neutral aspects despite the clear ideological assumptions…

Provides examples of how companies are using the following strategies in innovative ways: knowledge sharing using knowledge-management portals, informal learning, real-time learning, competency-based learning linked to business strategies, calculation of the return on investment in learning, and academic-corporate partnerships. (SK)

Secondary teachers (n=58, 40% response) identified student behaviors for the five affective areas of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report (responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity/honesty). The list of behaviors could provide a foundation for secondary schools implementing…

Interactive videodisc technology (IVD) is an educational tool with enormous potential to help instructors help learners realize their full potential. Anyone who tries IVD is impressed by its power. (A companion article lists where to find information on interactive video.) (Author/JOW)